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Re: pic: west coast products teflon coated gear wearing

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Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman View Post
We've used the dry grease on WCP aluminum gears the past two seasons, including this one. This is our first year using the grease in a drivetrain gearbox, so I wanted to know, how do you know you have a proper coating of the grease on the gears? We applied the grease after the boxes were assembled.
We typically spray them after they are assembled. We give them a light spray while rotating them by hand . Look for an even coating of the spray, a little extra won't hurt anything. Once it dries wipe off the excess with a rag. It sounds like you're doing pretty much the same thing, so you should have plenty of grease. It takes a little getting used to not seeing the typically messy globs, but once you do you'll never look back.
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